Written by Alyssa Sonnenburg
“Every Home a School. Every Church an Academy.”
Reverend Ceasar LeFlore is the pastor of Spirit of Liberty Church of God, is an IFI Board Member, is the field director for Public School Exit in Illinois, and is the executive director of the Good Soil Good Seed Christian Education Foundation.
Good Soil, Good Seed is an education foundation that is dedicated to enabling families to take their children out of the public school system, and they accomplish this through generous grants and scholarships.… Continue Reading
Tags: Ceasar LeFlore, children, Christianity, education, Family, Good Soil Good Seed, Homeschool, Parenting, private school, pubic school
Education, Faith & Religion, Marriage, Family & Culture | Alyssa Sonnenburg | 
December 4, 2024 5:00 AM | 
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Written by Robert Knight
For the last 30 years, E. Ray Moore has been persuading Christian parents to get their children out of government schools and into homeschooling or private education.
“I was swimming upstream for years, but I’m now swimming with the tide,” he told me recently while preparing for an educational summit in Lynchburg, Virginia. “I can’t keep up with it. There is too much going on.”
What began as a trickle when Mr. … Continue Reading
Tags: Chris Sununu, Christian Education Initiative, Cornerstone Christian Academy, COVID–19, E. Ray Moore, Education Week, Exodus Mandate, First Liberty Institute, Gary Hamrick, Gavin Newsom, government schools, Homeschool, John Dewey, My Shadow Is Pink, Parents’ Right to Know, public schools, Stumbling Toward Utopia, The Washington Times, Tim Goeglein, Valerie Richardson
Education | David E. Smith | September 30, 2024 6:44 AM | Comments Off on Is The Educational Tide Turning?
Written by Jenna Smith
In this edition of Illinois Family Spotlight, Monte Larrick has an interesting conversation with Kirk Smith, executive director of the Illinois Christian Home Educators (ICHE). Over the weekend of May 20th, ICHE hosted their annual homeschool conference at Olivet Nazarene University where families were not only encouraged to educate their children academically, but educate them spiritually.
When asked about the difference between public school and home school, Smith points out that children in government systems are often being taught anti-Christian morals and deceptive worldly philosophies.… Continue Reading
Tags: church, discipleship, Home Education, Homeschool, ICHE, Illinois Christian Home Educators, Kirk Smith, Monte Larrick, public schools, Spotlight, SPOTLIGHT: Overflowing With Hope: A Conversation With Kirk Smith
Education, Faith & Religion, Marriage, Family & Culture, next gen | Alyssa Sonnenburg | June 2, 2023 7:00 AM | Comments Off on SPOTLIGHT: Overflowing With Hope: A Conversation With Kirk Smith
Written by Benjamin Smith
Latasha Fields, founder and director of CHESS – Christian Home Educators Support System, joins IFI executive director David Smith on this edition of Spotlight. In the first half of the podcast, David and Latasha discuss egregious legislation pending in the Illinois General Assembly that aims to eviscerate parental rights and eliminate religious liberty.
State Representative Robyn Gabel (D-Evanston) recently introduced HB 4870 would mandate the HPV vaccination for ALL Illinois students at the 6th grade level.… Continue Reading
Tags: 1619 Project, Heather Steans, Homeschool, HPV vaccine, immunizations, Latasha Fields, New York Times, parental consent, parental rights, Robyn Gabel, vaccine mandate
Education, Faith & Religion, Religious Liberty | David E. Smith | February 26, 2020 4:00 AM | Comments Off on SPOTLIGHT: Parental Rights, Religious Liberty and American History
Written by Benjamin Smith
In the spotlight this week is Kirk Smith, the Executive Director of the Illinois Christian Home Educators. Kirk graduated from Greenville College, teaching and coaching for two years at the high school level before founding the House of Prayer church in Albion, IL, which he pastored for almost 25 years. Kirk and his wife Joely live in Bone Gap with their 11 children who range in age from toddler to young adult.… Continue Reading
Author and accomplished surgeon Dr. Ben Carson has expressed his support for homeschooling and school choice and opposition to Common Core at a conservative conference in Maryland.
At the main stage of the annual Conservative Political Action Conference at National Harbor, just outside Washington, D.C., Dr. Carson told those gathered on Thursday morning that “I am ready for school choice.”
Carson argued that “school choice,” or allowing parents to homeschool their children or send their children to private schools with government aid, was a benefit for all Americans.… Continue Reading
